Surveys of the stores in the yard at Chatham, 1694
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Survey of the stores in the yard at Woolwich between 27 June 1694 and 31 July 1694, and remaining in the custody of Mr Baldwin Duppa, store-keeper. Inscribed: 'Received in 4th January 1694/5 [1695]' (f.1).
Surveys of the stores in the yard at Portsmouth, 1694
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Survey of the stores in the yard at Portsmouth, remaining in the custody of Mr William Cooper, store-keeper, 31 July 1694. Inscribed: 'Received in 4th January 1694/5 [1695]' (f.1).
Surveys of the stores in the yard at Plymouth, 1694
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Survey of the stores in the yard at Plymouth, remaining in the custody of Mr Robert Gaselee, store-keeper, 31 July 1694. Inscribed: 'Received in 4th January 1694/5 [1695]' (f.1).
Surveys of the stores in the yard at Sheerness, 1694
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Survey of the stores in the yard at Sheerness, remaining in the custody of Mr Roger Daniel, store-keeper, 31 July 1694. Inscribed: 'Received in 4th January 1694/5 [1695]' (f.1).
Humfrey Wanley, Facsimile copies of charters and inscriptions
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f. 1v: Alphabet by Wanley, imitating two biblical fragments (which originally followed the page, according to his note, but are no longer present). f. 2r–v: Charters copied by Wanley in facsimile of the originals. ff. 3r–8v: Inventory of goods (including some books), 1464, of the Collegiate Ch...
An Account of the Quakers’ Sufferings, upon Statutes made against the Papists, 1676-1679
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An account of Quakers’ sufferings 1676-1679, addressed to the King, and marked as having belonged to King James. Provenance inscription at head of f. 1: ‘This did belong to King James. I had it from Coll. Grahame’. f.1: ‘To the King. The Case of the People called Quakers who are still sufferers...
Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy (Bk. III), in an anonymous English translation
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This manuscript contains an anonymous English translation of the third book of Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Discourses on the First Ten of Titus Livy) by the Italian writer and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli (b. 1469, d. 1527). The work is a commentary on the first ten boo...
Melodies of songs and psalms, with vocal exercises
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ff. 5-43 passim. Melody of some songs, mostly anonymous. Several of them are included in John Playford's publications. 1. 'Diuin objet, qui ravisses les sens.' f. 5. 2. 'Se voi, Luci amate.' f. 6. 3. 'La vita alberga.' f. 7. 4. 'Tell me, you wantdering spirits.' By H. Lawes. [From , 1652.] f. 8....
Almanack of Allestree (1627), annotated by Symonds D’Ewes
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Printed Almanack of Allestree for the year 1627, with chronological notes in the handwriting of Sir Symonds D’Ewes. Also large collections in cypher. The manuscript's former binding is now stored separately as Harley MS 7550/1.
Fragments of verse and tracts on divinity, the rosary, the Trinity, and psalms
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Articles 4-10, thus: Twelve leaves of vellum, containing fragments of divinity in Latin. Various irregular memoranda. Four paper leaves, containing a tract on the Rosary in English. Six leaves, containing a fragment of a sermon in English. Four leaves, being part of a Latin treatise on the Trini...